Principal Christine Boston confirmed window markers wrote on a few vehicles in the junior parking lot located on Bellamy Road near the rear entrance to Alumni Drive. Offensive language pertaining to race and gender were written.

Boston said the incidents occurred sometime that morning between the time a parking attendant checks the lots and the students enter school for the day.

“We've conducted an investigation here,” she said and added that the school is working jointly with the Dover Police Department.

While Foster's learned one report of vandalism was filed with police from the high school on Thursday, a call to confirm details of the report was not returned by deadline.

It is unknown at this time if the vandals were targeting specific vehicle drivers.

“We have some ideas, but nothing concrete,” Boston said of suspects for the crime.

It is the school's hope that someone who may have witnessed the acts will come forward in the following days, such as any students who arrived late to school or who were in the parking lot early in the day.

The case was turned over from the school to the police department, who will continue the investigation. Boston said she hopes the reality of possible criminal charges is also something the perpetrator thinks about. She also noted this is not something that happens frequently on school grounds.

“I wouldn't say it's a common occurrence,” she said.

Still, this instance has prompted additional presence from police and parking lot attendants.While the written slurs were not a permanent form of vandalism, she said it is still troublesome due to the content of the messages.